This video comes compliments of Judy Merril Larsen, and though it doesn't fall under literary or books, for me (celebrating 40 years as a Cubs fan) it is …
On Book Tours
I just read Ann Patchett's "My Life in Sales" in The Atlantic; it's true, I read anything with Ann Patchett's name on it. And perhaps because I'm in the middle …
Sheryl Cohen Solomon: If At First You Do Succeed
My guest this week is Sheryl Cohen Solomon, a writer of very funny and touching personal essays. She published her first essay in North Shore Magazine. The …
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A Little Something I Just Have to Share
This one is a non-literary story, but it sure is inspiring: 41-Year-Old Swimmer Dara Torres Just Qualified for the Olympics! And not just qualified - won the …
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Meg Waite Clayton: In Praise of Writing Friends
No guest today. Just me, since it's my publication week! The history of my own writing starts with a purse. Like the character of Linda in my new novel, The …
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Brenda Rickman Vantrease: A 136-Rejection Overnight Success
My guest blogger today, Brenda Rickman Vantrease, is the author of the critically acclaimed The Mercy Seller, and the national bestseller, The Illuminator, …
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Julia Flynn Siler: “Girl Reporter” Turned Bestselling Author
My guest blogger this Wednesday is Julia Flynn Siler, whose bestselling House of Mondavi is a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award and for a Gerald …
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On Your Way to the Incinerator
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction …
